Chapter 5: What's in a Name and the Foreshadowing of Pasts

Italics mean spoken in Japanese

Togainu no chi – Akira

All in all this day had turned out quite interesting. Of course the plane ride was not that good but the whole meeting that Ajussi that works at Tsubame's grandson, what was his name… oh yeah Shinwoo, school was. The guy looked so much like me. I continued to think through the day as I unpacked my stuff in Shinwoo's room. It had been decided that I would share the room with Shinwoo, Tsubame would use Shinwoo's father's room, and Motomi would sleep on the couch.

I do find it interesting though… Why he did not introduce himself. He just let Shinwoo and us continue to call him Ajussi. I had completed what I was doing and headed for the living room. There I found Shinwoo sitting on the couch with Tsubame and Motomi. I looked around and could not find the man from earlier though. Looking towards Shinwoo I stated,

"Where did the man from earlier go?"

Shinwoo jumped and then turned towards me.

"He said that he would see us later and went home."

Shinwoo turned to look towards his grandma with confusion in his eyes. Tsubame upon seeing this turned to him with a smile and patted his leg. She then turned to me and said,

"I asked if it would be okay if we could visit the Principal of the school at his home. Ajussi called and confirmed it with him so now he has gone to do some work that cropped up but he will be back later to drive us to the house."

I nodded at what she said but then paused,

"You do know that Ajussi is not his name right?"

I questioned her and received a confused look from her and Motomi.

"It isn't? Then why didn't you bring it up at the airport? I thought it was his name."

Shinwoo was beginning to look like his brain hurt and Motomi just nodded his head in agreement with Tsubame.

"Ajussi is a term in Korean that means an older man in their 20's to 40's or can also mean uncle in some translations. Or even to mean Sir."

Both Tsubame and Motomi looked at each other like it was kind of finally sinking in. Then they seemed to realize the same question that had been confusing me.

"Then why did Shinwoo use Ajussi? Why did he not introduce him by name?"

Motomi questioned as he turned to look at the confused Shinwoo. Who by this point had given up trying to follow the conversation and turned on the TV. When he noticed he had become the center of attention he turned a puzzled look towards us,

"What?"

"Shinwoo we were wondering why you didn't introduce us to the Ajussi from earlier by his name. Motomi and Tsubame didn't know about it so they just thought Ajussi was his name so they paid no more mind to it. So can you explain?"

I stated to him. He looked at me for a few minutes and then his eyes went wide. He jumped up and pointed at me.

"Your completely right! Why didn't I ever think about it?" He exclaimed excitedly.

I looked at him in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"Well you see Principal Lee introduced us to him but he never introduced him by name. He never offered his name either and well we never asked. So this whole time we just have been calling him Ajussi." Shinwoo went on to explain.

I stared at him for a few minutes before I re-laid what he stated to the others. Tsubame giggled and patted her grandson on the head. Motomi just shook his head and went on to try and watch the Korean TV show.

The others seem to think this is settled but I am not completely sure I will let this go. It was just stuck in my mind. I couldn't seem to stop thinking about it. Why did he not allow people to know his name?

Noblesse – Regis

M-21 had come back from picking up Shinwoo's grandma at the airport. Apparently she wanted to come over and introduce herself to the Principal who had taken quite good care of her grandson. So she had requested to come over for dinner and Frankenstein had accepted.

So Seria was getting food ready with Rael hovering nearby. Tao was off investigating on his computer and Takeo was helping clean the house spotless with Karias aiding him. Rai was sitting in the living room sipping tea and Frankenstein was watching over all the hustle and bustle of preparing for Shinwoo's grandma.

While all that was going on M-21 was off on the balcony staring into space. Everyone had noticed something was off when he came back and had decided to leave him be after seeing Rai perform his usual consoling patting on the shoulder when their eyes made contact.

So I continued to watch him mope around on the balcony and for some reason I got more and more irritated. When I couldn't stand it anymore I headed for the balcony. Many of the others glanced at me as I made my move but quickly went back to what they were doing when Frankenstein gave them a look.

I entered the balcony and stood behind M-21. He didn't even glance my way which really sent my irritation through the roof.

"So is there are reason you are moping around like Rael when he gets turned down by Seria?"

I could feel a fierce glare and killing intent come my way from inside but I didn't care. M-21 blinked once then twice and then turned around to look at me.

"I don't know…" He stated and then with the straightest face I had ever seen he stated, "Is there a reason you are so irritated? It may be PMS. You should have Frankenstein check that out cause I don't think male Nobles are supposed to have that."

I froze like stone. Only to come out of it when I heard stifled laughter. Whirling around I turned indignantly to find that everyone except for Rai was standing at the door to the balcony. Apparently when I made the comment about Rael he had come to confront me only to get as far as the door because Takeo and Karias were holding him back and Frankenstein had followed to get them to go back to work. Seria had just followed to make sure nothing happened to me apparently.

But when I whirled around to look at them the stifled laughter of Takeo became a laugh that escaped but Rael full out started smirking and snickering at me. Karias tried to, along with Frankenstein; cover their mirth with their hands. While Seria just straight faced walked up to me and patted my shoulder then proceed to go back to cooking.

I turned once more to M-21 to find he was lazily leaning on the rail just watching the whole thing. I gritted my teeth and realized I was acting very inelegant. I then coughed straightened my shirt and said,

"Fine then I will ask you straight out…What happened?"

M-21 regarded me for a few seconds, which with every second passing angered me more, and then he replied…

"Shinwoo's grandma came with someone…" He trailed off and we all held our breath waiting for him to continue,

"He seemed familiar and…. Looks just like me but younger."

Everything froze in the house Seria stopped cooking, the Rai's tea cup paused on its way to his lips, Rael stopped struggling, Karias and Takeo stopped dragging him away.

They all slowly looked at M-21 who just looked back in complete confusion. I then as the matter seemed to call for it, whispered,

"WHAT?"

Togain no chi – Japan

I was at home minding my own business when my door was unceremoniously kicked in. I reacted with years of instinct and experience as I unsheathed my two daggers and took a fighting position. It was the right chose.

What stood before me was a tall man dressed all in black with piercing red eyes glaring at me. He had his daito sword already posed for the attack. His eyes roamed the room like he was searching for something…upon realization it could be someone.

"What do you want?"

I stated to him as I glared at him and shifted only ever so slightly to get in a better position. As the movement started his eyes snapped to me and in a matter of seconds I was on the ground without my daggers and his daito was positioned to slit my throat.

"Where is he?"

Were the words he spat out at me. Reconfirming the possibility I thought of earlier.

"If you're looking for who I think you are…I have to tell you last time I saw him was before summer break started a week ago. Why are you asking me anyway. Don't you usually stalk him and know where he is better than anyone…." I smirked at him. "Well not anyone that other stalker of his has you beat in that regards."

I hissed as he put pressure on my throat with his sword causing a cut to form and bleed.

"He is not home. I can't find my prey. The other dog has no clue either. The idiotic blonde and his goons are missing and now you're no use… as usual." He withdrew his sword with a tsk. His words toward me stung as usual but I had gotten use to numbing them away. He began to walk back out the door. I couldn't let him go like this.

"Shiki! Why are you looking for him?" I questioned. He paused and then turned to look at me.

"….Rin…Because he belongs to me…he's mine and I will find him…."

Togainu no chi- Normal POV

A man stood atop a building across from Shinwoo's apartment. He wore a cardigan sweater and had brown hair. He held a white cat while a black one played at his feet. But he paid them no mind as his violet eyes were locked onto the window that he could see through into Shinwoo's apartment.

Then from behind he heard the screeching of metal claws and footsteps. Turning a blonde in a red parka covered in tattoos walked towards him. The man grinned.

"Papa wants to see you ghosty…"

The blonde then lunged forward towards the man on the edge of the building. The man simply allowed himself to plummet backwards off the building. As the blond reached the edge he found no traces of violet eyed man or the cats.

Naïve: So there's the update. Sorry it has been a while but I did get a giggl…I mean a scolding from a very enthusiastic Reviewer so upon seeing it I couldn't not post a new chapter. So hope you enjoyed this update and hopefully if I get more great reviews I will have more motivation. Also I decided to go with the current arc in the manga which is the one with the werewolves running around cause hell that will add more to the story.